The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-25

oils and eighty-fve from Cincinnati, yet one OF
the grocers has freight-checks showing that
merchant in Shelbyville is charged 90 cents per
barrel on coal oil, billing 1t at 400 pounds to the
BARREL while the same merchant buys coal oil
At Cincinnati and is charged but 40 cents per
barrel, and it is billed at $50 pounds per barrel,
actual weight As the Wholesale Indianapolis
merchant has freight checks to verify this state
ment it is certainly time that President ingalls,
calls General Freight Agent Page on to the
green carpet and has this unjust discrimins
ton remedied. Shelbyviie is not competing
point of any Cincinnati road and there seems
no excuse for this inequality in ratea
Norman Beekley, general manager Of the Gin
cinnati, Wabash 6 Michigan road, March com
mences his eleventh year as general manager of
the property. When he took hold the road was
as near worthless as railroads can we'll get to be,
and from this he has raade 1t one Of the best
north-and south lines in this territory. Physic-
ally it Is in good condition as 95 per cent of
the roads in the West, while the volume of bust
ness over the road has reached such point as to
make 1t valuable property to the owners, and,
when connected with the c., FL. g. D. system by
the link it is proposed to build this road will be-
come one OF the most important lines running
northwest from Cincinnati. as it reaches into
new territory for that commercial center.
Fast Trains.
While the travelling public may not be aware
of the fact, yet it is true that some Of the fast
est trains run in this country are run over In
danapolis lines. For instance, train No. 2, over
the j., NJ. & T.. which leaves Indianapolis at
$50 p NJ. makes the run. after leaving the city
limits, to the Louisville bridge at an average
speed Of forty and two-thrds miles per hour.
Train No 2, on the c., l., St L. & c., makes
the run between the city limits of Indian
apols and Cincinnati at an average speed Of
thirty nine and half miles per hour, and train
No. Sc, coming west over the c.. 81. s. l., arriv-
ing at Indianapolis at 1890 P. NJ. makes the
run between Hamilton and indianapolis at an
average speed of forty miles per hour. In each
of these mentioned above it is seldom
that the trains are not delayed more or less and
with the stops taken out between
termini and at railroad crossings the
average speed often reaches fifty
miles per hour Among the fast trains run in
| this country we mention the Pennsylvania road
The fastest time in the United States is made
by the Limited" in it's run from Jersey City to
Philadelphia, ninety miles, which it makes in a
little less than two hours, an average OF forty
| eight and three tenths miles per hour.
| The fast train from Boston to Providence
makes the run of forty -four miles, without STOP
| in one hour
The limited from New York to Chicago
| for twenty-five hours, averages thirty six and
| one-half miles. The train that makes the fast
est time in the world is known as the "Flying
Dutchman.' 1t runs from London to Bristol,
1l84 miles, without a stop, in two hours an
average of ffty-nine and one-eighth miles per
hour The train between PaGdington and Swim
don ranks second, running seventy seven miles
at the rate of ifty-three and one-quarter miles
per hour. One train in Germany-that between
Berlin and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ffty-one miles an
hour for distance of 152 miles.
One train on the Canada 81 Pacific, from Gotta
neau to Ottawa, averages fifty miles for q short
| run of seVepty-ei0ht miles,